FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, April 14, 1996Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAC trailed LAC by 8 at halftime and won 101–96.

Final
CHI98
CLE72
Q1 CHI +7; Q2 CHI +11; Q3 CHI +22; Q4 CHI +26
Final · OT
BOS96
DET105
Q1 DET 0; Q2 DET -5; Q3 DET +2; Q4 DET 0; OT1 DET +9
Final
UTA82
GSW93
Q1 GSW +3; Q2 GSW -3; Q3 GSW +7; Q4 GSW +11
Final
PHX114
LAL118
Q1 LAL +2; Q2 LAL +6; Q3 LAL +6; Q4 LAL +4
Final
ORL101
MIL114
Q1 MIL +4; Q2 MIL +12; Q3 MIL +4; Q4 MIL +13
Final
DEN98
MIN91
Q1 DEN +1; Q2 DEN -5; Q3 DEN +7; Q4 DEN +7
Final
ATL99
NJN90
Q1 ATL +15; Q2 ATL +12; Q3 ATL +13; Q4 ATL +9
Final
CHH94
PHI78
Q1 CHH 0; Q2 CHH +9; Q3 CHH +6; Q4 CHH +16
Final
LAC96
SAC101
Q1 SAC +5; Q2 SAC -8; Q3 SAC +5; Q4 SAC +5
Final
POR81
VAN79
Q1 POR +1; Q2 POR -7; Q3 POR -2; Q4 POR +2
Final
TOR97
WSB110
Q1 WSB +7; Q2 WSB +7; Q3 WSB +8; Q4 WSB +13
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
The lead · LAC @ SAC

Mitch Richmond scores 30, Sacramento rallies past Clippers

Sacramento trailed by 8 at the half and won 101–96.

Game flow · SAC margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+5-8+5+5SAC AHEAD ↑LAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAC1632192996
SAC21193229101
Who led
Mitch RichmondPoints, last 10 games: 21, 30, 17, 21, 28, 27, 18, 6, 12, 30SAC30 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Olden PolynicePoints, last 10 games: 7, 10, 10, 27, 10, 3, 16, 10, 13, 18SAC18 PTS · 18 REB · 1 AST
Loy VaughtPoints, last 10 games: 4, 14, 16, 18, 22, 10, 18, 16, 12, 18LAC18 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Brent BarryPoints, last 10 games: 20, 8, 11, 6, 3, 11, 14, 15, 11, 17LAC17 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Eleven games, by the margins

Closest finish: 2. Widest: Chicago by 26.

POR over VAN2LAL over PHX4SAC over LAC5DEN over MIN7DET over BOS9ATL over NJN9GSW over UTA11MIL over ORL13WSB over TOR13CHH over PHI16CHI over CLE26Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+14.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
5.8Season avg19.8Last 5

19.8 points a game over his last five games, against 5.8 in 37 earlier games. Today: 26 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.6Season avg19.3Last 3

19.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.6 in 77 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 18 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.5Season avg45Today

45 minutes today, against 19.5 a game in 77 earlier games. Line: 21 points, 2 rebounds, 7 assists.

Top performances

Shaquille O'Neal leads the day with 37

Sparkline: points in his last 10 games, tonight in pink. Black tag: most points in a game this season to date, or in his career when his whole career is in our box scores (after 5+ games). Plus/minus: points tonight against his average before tonight.
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 10, 28, 49, 23, 24, 32, 21, 39, 33, 37ORL @ MIL · L
26.8 PPG season to date · +10.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 16 REB · 3 AST
Michael JordanPoints, last 10 games: 13, 21, 32, 40, 24, 27, 40, 17, 23, 32CHI @ CLE · W
30.6 PPG season to date · +1.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Latrell SprewellPoints, last 10 games: 30, 27, 7, 17, 22, 30, 25, 28, 14, 30GSW vs UTA · W
18.7 PPG season to date · +11.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Mitch RichmondPoints, last 10 games: 21, 30, 17, 21, 28, 27, 18, 6, 12, 30SAC vs LAC · W
23.2 PPG season to date · +6.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Juwan HowardPoints, last 10 games: 21, 29, 20, 32, 23, 25, 25, 26, 26, 29WSB vs TOR · W
21.5 PPG season to date · +7.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Allan HoustonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 22, 29, 17, 13, 26, 23, 17, 13, 27DET vs BOS · W
19.6 PPG season to date · +7.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Points per game in each player's last 10 games minus his season average through tonight. Regular season, players with 20+ games and 20+ minutes a game.
Hot
Mark BryantHOU+7.5 16.1 last 10 · 8.6 season
Kevin GarnettMIN+6.2 16.5 last 10 · 10.3 season
Toni KukocCHI+6.1 19.2 last 10 · 13.1 season
Pervis EllisonBOS+5.5 10.8 last 10 · 5.3 season
Brent PriceWSB+5.2 14.8 last 10 · 9.6 season
Cold
Willie AndersonNYK−6.4 3.6 last 10 · 10.0 season
Armen GilliamNJN−6.1 12.3 last 10 · 18.4 season
Anfernee HardawayORL−5.9 16.0 last 10 · 21.9 season
Elliot PerryPHX−5.8 2.6 last 10 · 8.4 season
Glen RiceCHH−5.8 15.8 last 10 · 21.6 season